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Wissahickon board hears state assessment results and lays out literacy, math action steps
Summary
District leaders presented PSSA and Keystone trends, citing ELA proficiency figures and COVID 'banking' effects, and outlined curriculum reviews, multi-tiered supports, and professional learning to address gaps and inequities.
District leaders presented an annual state assessment report to the Wissahickon School District board, describing proficiency trends, pandemic-era effects and concrete action steps to improve reading and mathematics instruction.
At the meeting, presenters noted district ELA proficiency for the most recent year as 73.9% for grades 3–5; they also reported higher Keystone results and described how the state’s practice of banking Keystone scores — and exemptions granted during COVID — have distorted some multi‑year trend lines. The presenters said the district compares itself against a five‑district demographic peer group and uses multiple local measures in addition to state tests.
Dr. Gardner, the assistant superintendent, framed the strategy…
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